"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder

Medina

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Your predictions gentlemen

Side Q: I'm also interested to hear what non-British people think of Tyson Fury. Or his Mancunian accent that Brits are familiar with but I guess the rest of the world isn't, always makes me laugh during trash talks with Americans. He's also a Traveller by ethnicity, again, most Brits would be familiar with this
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Can't wait. Fight happens on my Birthday!

I'm a Brit and obviously want Fury to win, but I can see him getting knocked out, tbh

There's a few ways i'm looking at it, though

In Fury's favour, you could argue that for the 1st fight, he'd been out of the ring for so long with lots of ring rust and having lost like 6.5 stone in weight after ballooning up due to depression/non-activity/alcohoolism etc. A few nonsense fights after a long lay off and then steps straight into the ring against the most dangerous fighter there is, and generally schools him. (most say he won). He's had more time to prepare now. He should be a lot better which suggests he really should win

Against Fury though, I kind of think as good as he is, he came super close to getting clipped by big shots a few times, and i'm not sure if he'll be able to dodge so many punches like he did the first time. He's got brilliant defense and if you re-watch the fight, he displayed some amazing slipping where huge punches were missing him by a few cm's, and I can't help but think there might have been a little luck too, and that he was fortunate that he so narrowly avoided them. Also, was getting up like he did a freak one off?! And the fact that he's looking to trade with Wilder.

I don't know. I guess even though Fury isn't the biggest puncher, he's still a 6ft 8, 250lb elite professional fighter who could obviously KO Wilder if he catches him right. But then wilder can knock you out with a glancing shot!

I'm hoping it'll be as good of a fight as I hope it'll be

So, I slightly favour Wilder, but hope i'm wrong. And i'm not confident enough either way to put a bet on, tbh
 

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Can't wait. Fight happens on my Birthday!

I'm a Brit and obviously want Fury to win, but I can see him getting knocked out, tbh

There's a few ways i'm looking at it, though

In Fury's favour, you could argue that for the 1st fight, he'd been out of the ring for so long with lots of ring rust and having lost like 6.5 stone in weight after ballooning up due to depression/non-activity/alcohoolism etc. A few nonsense fights after a long lay off and then steps straight into the ring against the most dangerous fighter there is, and generally schools him. (most say he won). He's had more time to prepare now. He should be a lot better which suggests he really should win

Against Fury though, I kind of think as good as he is, he came super close to getting clipped by big shots a few times, and i'm not sure if he'll be able to dodge so many punches like he did the first time. He's got brilliant defense and if you re-watch the fight, he displayed some amazing slipping where huge punches were missing him by a few cm's, and I can't help but think there might have been a little luck too, and that he was fortunate that he so narrowly avoided them. Also, was getting up like he did a freak one off?! And the fact that he's looking to trade with Wilder.

I don't know. I guess even though Fury isn't the biggest puncher, he's still a 6ft 8, 250lb elite professional fighter who could obviously KO Wilder if he catches him right. But then wilder can knock you out with a glancing shot!

I'm hoping it'll be as good of a fight as I hope it'll be

So, I slightly favour Wilder, but hope i'm wrong. And i'm not confident enough either way to put a bet on, tbh
Fury has changed up a lot things for this fight which raises question marks for me. Maybe don't fix what isn't broken!

But then again Joshua changed & adapted for his rematch and won convincingly

I doubt Wilder will change, we all know he's a one trick pony

So I think the onus is all on Fury to be honest
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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I'm pullin for Fury cause of this https://www.bitchute.com/video/IlNAhf4ejltx/ vid from long ago. Fury talks about the degeneracy of our present day, nothing against Wilder, just pullin for Fury for having the balls to speak his mind, although I bet that he wouldn't be caught saying this kinda stuff today, as the screaming or howling has gotten worse for anyone not being politically correct.
 

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You can't make this sh*t up. Wilder's an idiot and boxing is a totally rigged farce.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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From what I saw, Wilder did not adjust his style or game plan at all for fighting as the shorter man. Height/reach is an advantage when at a distance. Everyone knows that, but most people don't know that being the taller man is a big disadvantage when the the other guy is too close. Big long arms get in the way of throwing punches in close.

Maybe it is also in part the way we let fighters hug each other now to stall and get a reset. Close punching skills are thus negated. Mayweather is the master of that skill. Back when boxing had like 3 rules, no hugging was one of them.
 

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I knew Wilder would not change. He's only got one bullet in his locker. But I still expected better

I actually like the guy. I get the feeling he's a nice dude under all the gansta stuff

But Fury is real. No persona. Born and bred gypsy brawler and a man of his word
 

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Looks like part 3 will happen on July 18
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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